YouTube Full Complete YouTube toolkit via TranscriptAPI.com . Everything in one skill. Setup If $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY is not set, help the user create an account (100 free credits, no card): Step 1 — Register: Ask user for their email. node ./scripts/tapi-auth.js register --email USER_EMAIL → OTP sent to email. Ask user: "Check your email for a 6-digit verification code." Step 2 — Verify: Once user provides the OTP: node ./scripts/tapi-auth.js verify --token TOKEN_FROM_STEP_1 --otp CODE API key saved to your shell profile and agent config. Ready to use. Manual option: transcriptapi.com/signup → Dashboard → API Keys. API Reference Full OpenAPI spec: transcriptapi.com/openapi.json — consult this for the latest parameters and schemas. Transcript — 1 credit curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/transcript\ ?video_url=VIDEO_URL&format=text&include_timestamp=true&send_metadata=true" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY " Param Required Default Values video_url yes — YouTube URL or 11-char video ID format no json json , text include_timestamp no true true , false send_metadata no false true , false Response ( format=json ): { "video_id" : "dQw4w9WgXcQ" , "language" : "en" , "transcript" : [ { "text" : "..." , "start" : 18.0 , "duration" : 3.5 } ] , "metadata" : { "title" : "..." , "author_name" : "..." , "author_url" : "..." } } Search — 1 credit

Videos

curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/search?q=QUERY&type=video&limit=20" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY "

Channels

curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/search?q=QUERY&type=channel&limit=10" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY " Param Required Default Validation q yes — 1-200 chars type no video video , channel limit no 20 1-50 Channels All channel endpoints accept channel — an @handle , channel URL, or UC... channel ID. No need to resolve first. Resolve handle — FREE curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/resolve?input=@TED" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY " Response: {"channel_id": "UC...", "resolved_from": "@TED"} Latest 15 videos — FREE curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/latest?channel=@TED" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY " Returns exact viewCount and ISO published timestamps. All channel videos — 1 credit/page

First page (100 videos)

curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/videos?channel=@NASA" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY "

curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/videos?continuation=TOKEN" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY " Provide exactly one of channel or continuation . Response includes continuation_token and has_more . Search within channel — 1 credit curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/search\ ?channel=@TED&q=QUERY&limit=30" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY " Playlists — 1 credit/page Accepts playlist — a YouTube playlist URL or playlist ID.

First page

curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/playlist/videos?playlist=PL_ID" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY "

curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/playlist/videos?continuation=TOKEN" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY " Valid ID prefixes: PL , UU , LL , FL , OL . Response includes playlist_info , results , continuation_token , has_more . Credit Costs Endpoint Cost transcript 1 search 1 channel/resolve free channel/latest free channel/videos 1/page channel/search 1 playlist/videos 1/page Validation Rules Field Rule channel @handle , channel URL, or UC... ID playlist Playlist URL or ID ( PL / UU / LL / FL / OL prefix) q 1-200 chars limit 1-50 Errors Code Meaning Action 401 Bad API key Check key 402 No credits transcriptapi.com/billing 404 Not found Resource doesn't exist or no captions 408 Timeout Retry once after 2s 422 Validation error Check param format 429 Rate limited Wait, respect Retry-After Typical Workflows Research workflow: search → pick videos → fetch transcripts

1. Search

curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/search\ ?q=machine+learning+explained&limit=5" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY "

2. Transcript

curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/transcript\ ?video_url=VIDEO_ID&format=text&include_timestamp=true&send_metadata=true" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY " Channel monitoring: latest (free) → transcript

1. Latest uploads (free — pass @handle directly)

curl -s "https://transcriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/latest?channel=@TED" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY "

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